Our addiction to plastic is outrageous. We use 1.4 BILLION plastic bottles. Every. Single. Day. Only a fraction will ever be recycled, and once they get into the environment, they take up to 1000 years to break down!

The 10 rivers are in countries like Cambodia, Laos and India, and they're asking for help. Experts say all these plastic hotspots lack know-how, will and resources. But Avaaz has members in every country. We have a unique track record of mass campaigning. And we know the top plastics experts ready to get to work. We can do this!

Plastic pollution is choking the life out of our oceans. But if we raise enough today, we could become the global movement breathing life back in.

It’s easy to feel helpless in the face of the tsunami of plastic we use. But now we know where it’s mostly coming from, and we know there is a solution. If we don’t do this now, it’s not clear anyone else will. Let’s be the movement our planet needs.